1956-04-08, TALS to Merton, 'I have thought of you many a time since my last letter - and always with a prayer. '

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US US-kylobm TMC-1b-A-013-#27

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1956-04-08, TALS to Merton, 'I have thought of you many a time since my last letter - and always with a prayer. '

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  • 1956 April 8 (Creation)

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1 page(s); Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.

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(1915-1995)

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Fr. Barnabas Ahern was a Passionist priest involved in a new Catholic Bible translation effort. He offered Merton advice on biblical instruction, instruction of novices, and reviewed Merton's early manuscripts and books. See the following link for more information on Fr. Ahern: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92274263.

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First lines: "I have thought of you many a time since my last letter - and always with a prayer. Please do"... Contents index: American Passionists trip to Assisi / studying Ugaritic language / Dom Jean-Baptiste Porion [quoted in letter as "Jean Baptist Poirron"] / recommends Bl. Placid Riccordi for work as Master of Novices.

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